Sponsors, donors sprint to Beat the Deadline 5K finish, June 11

Please join our Beat the Deadline 5K sponsors and race marshals Tony Horton of P90X and Suzanne Malveaux of CNN Newsroom for the 14th annual race for journalists and their sources at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 11.

For more information or to register, go to www.press.org/5K. Packet pick-up and registration is Friday, June 10, from noon until 7 p.m. at the National Press Club, 13th floor, 529 14th Street, N.W.

Race day registration is from 6:15 until 7:15 a.m. at the corner of 14th and F Streets NW. Horton will lead a pre-race warm up at 7:15 a.m., and the race begins at 7:30 a.m. from the National Press Building. The race will be followed by the NPC Health & Fitness Fair, a pancake breakfast and an awards ceremony

This year’s sponsors, who have donated a total of $48,500:

Newsmaker sponsors ($5,000 or more): CQ Roll Call, P90X, Washington Examiner, T-Mobile, Sysco, Bloomberg and Coke. Anchor sponsors ($2,500 or more): American League of Lobbyists, Chevrolet, McGraw Hill, NBWA, Toyota, Quadrangle, C-Span, SDFCU and John Farr Lighting.

Headline sponsors ($1,000 or more): EMacDesign, BB&T, Graduate School USA, Levick Strategic Communications, the Houston Chronicle, Kiplinger, MAZDA, UPS, CITA – the Wireless Association, Alan Bjerga and Weiner Public News.

Five Front Page sponsors have donated $500 or more: APCO Worldwide, Dunbar Armored, Ribis Jones & Maresca, PA, VIP Group Travel LTD and Peruvian Connection.

Drawings for door prizes and giveways at the post-race awards ceremony are courtesy of the following donors: Georgetown Cupcake, Dupont Circle Hotel, Kababji Grill, Beachbody, Carmine's Restaurant, The W Hotel Washington, Art & Soul Restaurant, ABC7/WJLA-TV and News Channel 8, Curbside Cupcake, Living Social, Good Stuff Eatery/We the Pizza, Michel Richardj, J.W. Marriott, Heurich House Museum, Buddha Bar, Chef Geoff's, Washington Mystics, Corner Bakery, National Beer Wholesalers Association, Bloomberg News, Associated Press, MINT Fitness, Mandarin Oriental, Pinkberry, K Street Kate.

Race proceeds and donations support the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library, which sponsors research and training for working journalists and scholarships to promote diversity in the profession.